Ms Maeve McCafferty:

It is not that I have a comment on the language barrier, but more the cultural barrier. We have also heard back from our home school community liaison, HSCL, teachers that some non-national parents are not comfortable with the practice of somebody coming into their home. It is just not something that would be in their own culture. In that event we would say it should be permitted to have the visitations at school. Obviously we recognise the importance of going into the home, but where the need is there it should be all right to have them in the school.